Well, no one sat in it, but my son and his friend ate tacos in the
living room (grrrrr) and the dim-wit friend set his dinner plate on that chair.
The plate must have been greasy on the bottom, because now there is a black
half
circle on the seat of the chair! It looks just like someone set a wet paint
can
on the seat.
My sympathies.? You might try?a leather detergent cleaner or foam leather
upholstery cleaner--like is designed for car interiors.? (And I can just hear
your son--but mooooom, we DIDN'T sit in it!)
Ann Wass
-----Original Message-----
From: Land of Oz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 8:49 am
Subject: [h-cost] do you work with leather?
It's not a costume related problem, but if any of you work with leather, maybe
you have some suggestions for me?
Last weekend I reupholstered a chair with leather. It's nice, full-grain supple
calf like they sell for making chaps. It's smooth side up and reasonably easy
care -- BUT -- I still planned to put some saddle-lac or other finish on it
before we used it.
I left Wed. to visit my mom and told everyone to stay out of that chair until I
got back. Well, no one sat in it, but my son and his friend ate tacos in the
living room (grrrrr) and the dim-wit friend set his dinner plate on that chair.
The plate must have been greasy on the bottom, because now there is a black
half
circle on the seat of the chair! It looks just like someone set a wet paint
can
on the seat.
Any ideas on how to get it off or at least lighten it? As an absolute last
resort, I might have enough hide left over to cut another piece and re-do it,
but *damn* I don't want to do that again! Not only do I not want to put even
more work into the chair, I was hoping to use the rest of the hide to do the
top
of the ottoman.
grrrrr.... teenagers!
Denise B
Iowa
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